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Showing posts with label easy. Show all posts
Sunday, November 24, 2013

Cream of Potato Soup - 1960's (Marguerite Patten Recipe Card)

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Potatos are a large portion of the British diet.  Yet essentially they are a really boring vegetable, tasteless and a pain to prepare.  Why ...

Ham and Bean Supper Chowder - 1960's (Marguerite Patten Recipe Card)

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The temperature has dropped here in Exeter.  And now is the perfect time to start looking at Soup and Chowder recipes for an instant hot sa...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Nettle Soup - 1960's (Marguerite Patten Recipe Cards)

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For someone that writes about food, has a general preoccupation with culinary matters and mixes with those who have brilliant gastronomic ta...
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Blackberry Chiffon Pie - 1960's (Marguerite Patten Recipe Card)

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A few notes with this recipe.  First off it needs gelatine, so make sure you inform any vegetarians who you might be offending.  Alternative...
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Creamy Apricot Almond Fudge - 1960's (Marguerite Patten Recipe Card)

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The great thing about Christmas is presents.  Sometimes, however, it isn't that easy to fork out lots of money for presents especially w...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

School Cake 1920s (The Anerly Cookbook)

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Here is a very basic cake recipe. I can imagine it would have plenty of scope for adding to or modifying. 1lb self raising flour 6ozs butt...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Moist Chocolate Sandwich - 1960's (Marguerite Patten Card Index 6)

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Moist Chocolate Sandwich.  Very much a variation on a theme, but a quite delicious theme.  
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Summer Pudding - 1960's (Robert Carrier Cookery Card)

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Another amazingly easy recipe from the hayday of the Beatles... This recipe is in anticipation that we might actually have a summer. ...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Victoria Sandwich - 1960's (Marguerite Patten Index Card 2)

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The Victoria Sponge or Sandwich, as it is referred to here.  See the previous post for the Chocolate Layer Sponge, which relies on this rec...

Chocolate Layer Sponge Cake - 1960's (Marguerite Patten Index, Card 1)

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Seems to be the most logical idea really, start at the first card rather than pick random cards.  Further efforts to digitise the Marguerite...
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Pickwick Fish Pie - 1970's (Marguerite Patten)

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From my box of index cards by Marguerite Patten. Pickwick Fish Pie works.  It is the closest to Fish that I really like with any great deg...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Apricot Croutes - 1950s

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Ingredients. 1. Stale Cake 2. Tinned Apricots 3. 1 or 2 ounces of Butter 4. Castor sugar Cut the cake into round or oval shapes about...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Bulgarian Peasants Daily Soup (1930s)

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This recipe is taken from Recipes Rare from Everywhere , published in 1930 by  Pauline  Quirin Peto which I haven't really looked at ...
Monday, January 7, 2013

Scotch Pancakes - 1920s

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I am assuming that The Anerley Recipe Book from which I found this recipe is 1920s as I can't find an exact date! It was compiled by M...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

Baked Eggs Melange - 1980s

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This time of year is definitely tomato time.  We, like many households across the nation have lots of organically grown, home seeded tomatoe...
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Honey Cheesecake - 1970s

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Last night I decided it would be a fantastic idea to take a photo of this recipe.  It was a fantastic idea, but, it didn't work as the p...
Sunday, July 22, 2012

Butterscotch Walnut Brownies - 1970s

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I love butterscotch, it appeals to my sweet tooth and my general gluttonous side.  Wikipedia says that the origin of butterscotch is a ...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Peanut Butter Soup - 1960s

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This evening I came across a set of recipe cards that my Aunt has had for, quite literally, years.  They are nearly all 1967 published a...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Beef Bake with Beer - 1980's

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If you're in Exeter next week on the 21st January, the local CAMRA is holding their Winter Ales festival at the Exeter City Football gro...

Fig Parkin Gingerbread - 1950's

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Figs are nice but not common.  If you can get your hands on some, then here is a little recipe that'd make a nice tea accompaniment or a...